9 Celebrities Who Were Born Poor

They may appear to have it all now, but it wasn't always a gilded existence for these nine celebrities who've revealed that they grew up poor. Check out these truly inspiring rags-to-riches stories in our slideshow below, from a country star who says she had to go to school hungry to a business mogul who grew up peddling drugs in his New York neighborhood.

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Rags-To-Riches Celebrities

CORRECTION: Shania Twain grew up in Timmins, Ontario, and not in Windsor as previously written. The text has been amended to reflect that.

The "My Heart Will Go On" powerhouse -- now worth a reported $400 million -- grew up the youngest of 14 children in a low-income French Canadian family. (Dad was an accordionist).
"I grew up in a very, very, very small house," Dion told Vanity Fair in 2012. "We weren't poor, but we never had money … We were given love and affection and support. What else did we need?"